There’s always a new kid on the block in HR Tech. Where do valuable tools with less exciting technology fit in? John Sumser spoke recently with Michael DesRochers, Founder of PoliteMail, a useful email analytics service based on the entrenched platform of Outlook email.

Highlights: We Need to Talk About the Power of AI to Manipulate Humans, AI Robots Learning Racism, Sexism and Prejudice From Humans, Can We Copy the Brain?, and You can probably use deep learning even if your data isn’t that big.

“At the heart of the “Millennial problem” is a broken value equation. Employers no longer have the right to expect people to pay dues. And while that might seem unfair to you if you paid your dues, it’s even less fair to the millennials.” – Bob Corlett

“Algorithms and machine learning isolate and purify the things that are unique to a culture. But, if you are trying to ‘improve’ the culture (and reduce its biases), it’s a different story. Read John Sumser’s article, Data is Biased.

John Sumser writes, “Generally, the people who think HR is somehow stuck are selling something. They either have a product that does an old thing in a new way or they are offering some form of transformative service.” From the Mouths of Babes.

HRIntelligencer 1.07: Google’s Quick Draw, Robots and Warehouse Jobs, Lessons from 3,000 technical interviews, Developers Who Use Spaces Make More Money Than Those Who Use Tabs, a Machine learning algorithm cheat sheet, and Robots are doing the work of $326,000-a-year Goldman Sachs employees.

John Sumser talks with Jill Witty, the Vice President of Talent & Operations at Entelo. Witty is a speaker at national conferences, on podcasts, and the Entelo blog. She actively volunteers with Stride Center, Glide, 10,000 Degrees, and SF Marin Food Bank. Prior to Entelo, Witty founded three business-to-consumer companies and holds a B.A. from Yale and an M.B.A from UCLA.

“There are a ton of opportunities to reframe and rethink the work of HR. The HRTech vendor community produces new value at an extraordinary rate. But, the idea that HR is defective because it doesn’t embrace those ideas immediately is an expression of frustration, not truth.” – John Sumser

This week: Google’s Quick Draw, Robots and warehouse jobs, Lessons from 3,000 technical interviews, Developers Who Use Spaces Make More Money Than Those Who Use Tabs, a Machine learning algorithm cheat sheet via Steve Levy, and Robots are doing the work of $326,000-a-year Goldman Sachs employees.

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